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NGETTEXT(1)			 User Commands			   NGETTEXT(1)

NAME
       ngettext	- translate message and	choose plural form

SYNOPSIS
       ngettext	[OPTION] [TEXTDOMAIN] MSGID MSGID-PLURAL COUNT

DESCRIPTION
       The  ngettext  program  translates  a natural language message into the
       user's language,	by looking up the translation in  a  message  catalog,
       and  chooses  the  appropriate plural form, which depends on the	number
       COUNT and the language of the message catalog where the translation was
       found.

       Display native language translation of a	textual	message	whose grammat-
       ical form depends on a number.

       -d, --domain=TEXTDOMAIN
	      retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN

       -c, --context=CONTEXT
	      specify context for MSGID

       -e     enable expansion of some escape sequences

       -E     (ignored for compatibility)

       [TEXTDOMAIN]
	      retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN

       MSGID MSGID-PLURAL
	      translate	MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL	(plural)

       COUNT  choose singular/plural form based	on this	value

   Informative output:
       -h, --help
	      display this help	and exit

       -V, --version
	      display version information and exit

       If the TEXTDOMAIN parameter is not given, the domain is determined from
       the environment variable	TEXTDOMAIN.  If	the  message  catalog  is  not
       found  in the regular directory,	another	location can be	specified with
       the environment variable	 TEXTDOMAINDIR.	  Standard  search  directory:
       /usr/local/share/locale

AUTHOR
       Written by Ulrich Drepper.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report	  bugs	  in	the    bug    tracker	 at    <https://savan-
       nah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or	by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1995-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:
       GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This is free software: you are free  to	change	and  redistribute  it.
       There is	NO WARRANTY, to	the extent permitted by	law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for ngettext is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and ngettext	programs are properly installed	at your	 site,
       the command

	      info ngettext

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU gettext-runtime 0.23.1	 December 2024			   NGETTEXT(1)

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